LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models

What's new

• New product: LM Studio Bionic is a dedicated AI agent for local open-source models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Gemma, ...)
• Local-first: Completely local operation — no data leaves the device
• Agentic capabilities: Multi-step tasks, tool use, and orchestration of multiple models
• KV cache checkpointing: mlx-engine v1.8.5 significantly improves performance for long agentic workflows with repeated context
• Model support: Qwen3 Coder Next 80B MoE, Llama, Gemma 4 and other open-weight models

Why it matters

Bionic is a direct response to Claude Code, Cursor and Codex — but exclusively for open-source models without cloud dependency. For developers working with sensitive data or without cloud access, this is a key alternative.

How to try it

Sign up for the waitlist at lmstudio.ai/bionic. LM Studio desktop app available for free at lmstudio.ai.